Koncepcja człowieka jako osoby ludzkiej w prasie diecezjalnej Polski północno-wschodniej po 1989 r.
The Concept of Man as a Human Person in the Diocesan Periodicals of North-Eastern Poland after 1989

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the concept of man as a human person in the diocesan periodicals of the north-eastern region of Poland after 1989. Its fundamental purpose was to give an answer to the question: What press sources can be found for the cognizance of the concept of man as a human person after 1989, can be found in the leading periodicals of the two Church provinces of north-eastern Poland: Bialystok and Warmia? These provinces include the following dioceses: Białystok, Drohiczyn, Elbląg, Ełk, Łomża and Warmia. The main source for the analysis of this issue has been press material from two weekly newspapers: “Głos Katolicki” (“Catholic Voice”) from the years 1993-2009 (about 1000 issues) and “Niedziela Podlaska” (“Sunday of Podlasie”) from the years 1994-2009 (about 950 issues); the biweekly magazine “Posłaniec Warmiński” (“Messenger of Warmia”) from the years 1989-2009 (about 600 issues); three monthly magazines: “Martyria” from the years 1992-2009 (about 250 issues), “Wspólnota” (“Community”) from the years 1992-2002 (about 150 issues) and “Białostocki Biuletyn Kościelny” (“Bialystok Church Bulletin”) and from the later periodicals of the Archdiocese of Białystok: “Czas Miłosierdzia” (“Time of Mercy”) and “W służbie Miłosierdzia” (“In the service of Mercy”) from the years 1993-2009 (about 250 issues). From all of the texts, there emerges a picture of the human person as being something singular, special, unique, the image of God himself. Whereas an image in principle captures the essence of its archetype. Therefore, human existence has no meaning apart from God. That is why one cannot reduce man to the world only. Emphasized is also the fact, that the human being is a physical-spiritual being and thereby is the undisputed subject of values and rights of the human person, even in those periods when physically not able to demonstrate them or to enforce them.

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